The degauss sound on a CRT display. The ‘womp’ is the best onomatopoeia to represent it.

Grim Fandango!

Never has a game made me laugh out loud like when I first discovered it. Clever humour, unique characters, and each line of dialogue is packed with effortless charm and wit. Not to mention the philosophical themes disguised as one man’s quirky Day of the Dead -themed quest to get to the afterlife.

The puzzles are a product of its time so a walkthrough might be needed. But that’s forgivable for the game’s big picture.

Wish I could wipe my memory of it and play it all over again.

Grim Fandango!

Never has a game made me laugh out loud like when I first discovered it. Clever humour, unique characters, and each line of dialogue is packed with effortless charm and wit. Not to mention the philosophical themes disguised as one man’s quirky Day of the Dead -themed quest to get to the afterlife.

The puzzles are a product of its time so a walkthrough might be needed. But that’s forgivable for the game’s big picture.

Wish I could wipe my memory of it and play it all over again.

Same. I’ve finished Ghost of Tsushima and fell in love with it - it broke my heart to know that I’ll never get to play Yōtei on PC.

I was even desperate enough to consider buying the fucking PS5 for it, but realised that this predatory tactic is exactly what Sony is counting on, and I refuse to let those scummy anti-consumer strategies take advantage of me and my love for the franchise.

I’m sorry, Sucker Punch; maybe another time. :/

He’s having his (hate) cake and eating it too.

His true colours were yet to reveal themselves. Now you can see the size of the bullet you just missed.

Memento meets instant-loss

I had a hard time thinking about this one. I figured that I didn’t consider anything too mundane to get excited about. I’m just grateful for everything, for every moment of peace and happiness I get.

Saved. Working on being honest with what I want. Hoping we get the happiness we all deserve. One of these days…

That’s awesome. I guess he passes the armpit test? Haha

But seriously that’s super cool and we need more of that. Keep your wits about you, naturally. You’ve got a few hours to kill beforehand so feel free to do some community service with more anxious but based hornyposting ✌🏻

Hope your meet goes well.

I’ve lost the art of spontaneous conversation over time. Although I can certainly hold my own if I’m the one being approached.

Being male and having lived through Slavic and Western cultures… well, no, it was never about those pigeonholes. It’s the world changing behind the scenes, growing more insular and silent as we live beyond this physical realm, heads down and choosing the worlds we want to explore, safe within the comfort of the screens.

But stories are written and friends are made each time I choose to raise my head and look around and just try something. I hope to be brave enough to make that choice more often.

It’s still a feature, a decent one despite some restrictions here and there. I use it myself and get an extra copy if the publisher restricts sharing.

Here’s Steam’s FAQ on it:

Steam Families (Steam Family Sharing) - FAQ

That explains why my Red Dead horses always buck me off. To give their carnivorous friends a treat while they gallop away. Sonofabitch Rockstar, you did it again

Returned to Red Dead Redemption 2 for the third time.

Added more mods, now sitting at 30-40 total. Lots of technical optimisation done as well, big thanks to PCGamingWiki as always.

Playtime was at 468 hours; now 540 two weeks later. Feels like a blink of an eye. What an incredible world to experience.

It’s really a gift that keeps on giving, and the Read Dead Wiki is a marvelous place to delve deeper into the experience and learn lots. Hoping to try out the private online lobby mod soon.

Oh and also watching Dan Houser’s 3 hour interview on YouTube. Thankful for the many worlds and stories he helped create.

Even LinkedIn did one. Completely unnecessary but it drives engagement and whatever else helps the algorithm™️

Same problem, reporting from Australia

https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/

Cloudflare Dashboard and Cloudflare API service issues

Investigating - Cloudflare is investigating issues with Cloudflare Dashboard and related APIs.

Customers using the Dashboard / Cloudflare APIs are impacted as requests might fail and/or errors may be displayed.
Dec 05, 2025 - 08:56 UTC

… in Wellington to open the FBI’s first standalone office in New Zealand.

A what now? Five Eyes not enough? Confused. Recalling rumours of CCP allegedly installing their own law enforcement agents locally.

Yes, and let’s remember that it’s a single-player game for a very good reason that will make sense.

I’m a big fan of RDR2 (~470hrs from two full playthroughs), and would recommend it to anyone, even if they don’t normally play games. However I can understand why it might not appeal to some people, for one reason or another.

I suspect this might be because of a slow start to the story - frequently the game falls victim to its own ‘cinematicism’ and holds the player’s hand too much (e.g. walking too far away from a mission area or trying things outside of the box runs the risk of failing the mission, unlike the creative approaches one may take in Rockstar’s earlier adventures). I have stopped seeing RDR2 as a ‘game’, and instead treat it as a world to experience, kind of like a good book. I want to feel that world more than conventionally play in it, and this process greatly heightens my attachment to it as well as to Arthur, increasing immersion.

That being said, I probably speak for many when I hope that you get to finish that journey someday and feel your place within it. It might take as long as it needs to, but it might just be worth it.

It is quite decent indeed, what I love is the solid, passionate attempt at faithfully adhering to the source material, paired with the courage to expand it authentically.

Where Rogue City needed more immersion is the sound effects. The sound carries the first film as almost its own character, and it’s no wonder it won the Special Achievement Oscar. Most of the mods I have installed for the SFX are from Nexus, and replace the sounds of Robo’s steps, Auto-9 gun, HUD, targeting, punching, breaching, etc., with their original movie versions. There are other mods out there for RC, but imo those classic sounds are absolutely essential for the RoboCop experience.

(better late than never 😁)

I’m not sure on the details (am yet to delve into it proper), but from what I can spot it is 64-based so looks like it’s through an emulator and with asset/texture packs. Likely similar to PCSX2’s texture mods